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UChicago Faculty Physicians

Esra Tasali, MD

Professor of Medicine Director, UChicago Sleep Center

25 Insurance Plans Accepted

Esra Tasali, MD, is an expert in sleep medicine and passionate researcher. Dr. Tasali’s research demonstrates the role sleep plays in controlling energy metabolism, which is the process of generating energy through nutrients in the body. Her work also helps to explain the physical pathways linking insufficient sleep length or quality to metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Tasali has been the principal investigator interdisciplinary research projects funded by the National Institute of Heath (NIH) that explore the impacts sleep and sleep apnea have on metabolic outcomes. Dr. Tasali’s current NIH-funded research program focuses on the role of sleep apnea in prediabetes.

 

Dr. Tasali’s work has been recognized internationally and published in several high-impact journals. Her work found in JAMA Internal Medicine that shows sleep extension, lengthening sleep beyond the average time, could be a viable treatment for preventing or reversing obesity has received attention from the scientific community as well as the public. Dr. Tasali is the recipient of awards for her pioneering sleep work and serves on the National Institute of Health review panel. She is also currently a member of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board at the National Institute of Health.

Specialties

Areas of Expertise

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

Memberships & Medical Societies

  • American Diabetes Association
  • Sleep Research Society
  • American Academy of Sleep Medicine
  • Endocrine Society
  • American Thoracic Society

Practicing Since

  • 2005

Languages Spoken

  • Turkish
  • French
  • English

Medical Education

  • Istanbul University

Internship

  • Istanbul University

Residency

  • Istanbul University

Fellowship

  • University of Chicago Medicine

News & Research

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  • Aetna HMO (specialists only)
  • Aetna POS
  • Aetna PPO
  • BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
  • BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
  • BCBS PPO
  • Cigna HMO
  • Cigna POS
  • Cigna PPO
  • CountyCare *see insurance page
  • Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
  • Medicare
  • Multiplan PPO
  • PHCS PPO
  • United Choice Plus POS/PPO
  • United Options (PPO)
  • United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
  • United W500 Emergent Wrap
  • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
  • BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
  • Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
  • Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
  • Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
  • United Choice HMO (specialists only)
  • University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)

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